INTERESTING STATISTICS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3830, 11 August 1928, Page 2

INTERESTING STATISTICS.

The following miscellaneous information is given in the Abstract of Statistics for July: : — Vital Statistics, 1927.—Numbers, births, ,27,881; marriages, 10,478; deaths, 11,613; deaths of infants under one year, 1080. Rates per 1000 of mean population: Births, 20.29; marriages, 7.62; deaths, S.-15; infant mortality, rate per 1000 births, 38.74. Live-stock in Dominion, 1928 (preliminary figures).— Horsbs, 307,140; cattle, 3,273,588 (including 1,352,513 dairy cows in milk and dry); sheep,, 27,001,236; pigs, 586,704. Agriculture.—Acreages, 1927-28 (preliminary figures) : Wheat, 260,250; oats, 86,076; barley, 21,152; ryegrass, 23,877; cocksfoot, 11,502. Yields total and pei - acre: Wheat, 9,535,469 bushels (36.64); oats, 3,849,761 bushels (44*73); barley, 866,414 bushels (40.96); ryegrass, 10,518,2511 b. (440.52); cocksfoot, 1,992,0411 b. (173.19). v Factory Production, 1926-27. —■ Number of establishments, 5088; total number of employees, 81,904; salaries and Avages paid, £17,047,723; value of products, £83,012,503; value of land, buildings, machinery, and plant, £62,723,125. Taxation by General Government, year ended March 31, 1928. —Customs revenue (including tire tax), £8,262,558; beer duty, £609,624; land tax, £1,154,479; income tax, £3,273,729; death duties, £1,899,370; totalisator revenue, £567,890; other, £1,377,465; total, £17,145,145, or £ll 17s 7d per head of population, including Maoris. Taxation by Local Governing Bodies. Year ended March 31, 1927. —Rates, £5,311,260; licenses, etc., £576,761; total, £5,888,021.

Gross of General Government as at March 31, 1927: £245,850,889 or £l7O 19s 5d per head of population, including Maoris.

Indebtedness of Local Governing Bodies, March 31, 1927. —On debentures and stock: Gross, £56,412,759.; net, £50,107,464. On loans from State Advances Office: Gross, £6,293,835; net, £5,409,861. On loans from Treasury (inscribed debt) : Gross, £2,189,627; estimated net- indebtedness (actuarially computed), £1,006,254. Capital Value of Land and Improvements, April 1, 1927. —North Island, £413,604,755; South Island, £204,659,338; counties, £349,428,498; boroughs, £259,567,606; and independent town districts, £9,267,989; total, £618,264,093. TTnimproved value of land: North Island, £220,310,115; South Island, £l3s- - counties, £230,215,539; boroughs, £107,532,749; and independent town districts, £3,770,819; total, £341,519,107.

Divorce, 1927. —Petitions filed/% 722; decrees absolute, 540; decrees'" nisi, 629. Bankruptcy, 1927. —Number of ' bankruptcies under the Bankruptcy Act, 868; liabilities, £724,885; assets, £331,363; amount secured ftf creditors (not included in liabilities or assets shoAvn), £1,022,084. CiA’il Cases Tried in Magistrates’ Courts.' —Year 1927: Plaints entered, 63,369; amounts claimed, £l,400,129; cases tried, 55,676 jamount claimed in cases tried, £960,549; amount recovered, £786,299. Six months ended June 30, 1928: Plaints entered, 41,434; amount claimed, £715,056; gases tried, 26,910; amount claimed in cases tried £458,952; amount recovered, £375,414. Summary eonA T ictions in Magistrates’ Court: Year 1927, 45,930. Articles posted and delivered, year 1926: Letters and letter-cards, 298,617,089; postcards, 8,740,171; books and pattern-packets, 126,523,544; parcels, 7,135,938; newspapers, 45,364,274; post-offices open, 1999. Telegraphic and telephonic wire at March 31, 1927: Telegraphic,. 61,732 miles; telephonic, 440,253 miles. Roads in Dominion (formed to not less than dray-width) as at March 31,1927: Paved or surfaced, 31,288 miles; not paved or surfaced, 16,857 miles; total, 48,145 miles. Bridges (over 25ft.): Number, 4647; total- length, 449,016 ft.